America’s Schools: Breeding Grounds for Compliant Citizens
For those hoping to better understand how and why we arrived at this dismal point in our nation’s history, where…
Author: John W. Whitehead
John Lennon: The Last Great Anti-War Activist
Despite the moving tributes that were paid to John Lennon’s lyrical vision of a world without war, racial or religious…
Ready to Give an Answer: An interview with Pat Boone
Born in 1934 and raised in Nashville, Tenn., Pat Boone was an unlikely candidate to be one of rock and…
Fear in America: The Militarization of Domestic Government Agencies
Turn on the TV or flip open the newspaper on any given day, and you will find yourself accosted by…
Guantanamo Bay: The Model for an American Police State?
For most Americans, the detention center at Guantanamo Bay—once the topic of heated political debate by presidential hopeful Barack Obama…
Smile, the Government Is Watching: Next Generation Identification
“You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and,…
Fiction Has Become Our Reality: Minority Report and the Surveillance State
“The Internet is watching us now. If they want to. They can see what sites you visit. In the future,…
‘I am not a number. I am a free man!’ The Prisoner and the Illusion of Freedom
What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to…
Interview: Pete Seeger – When Will They Ever Learn?
“Any darn fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something simple.”—Pete Seeger Before the Byrds or…
Ringo Starr: Fifty Years Later and the Birth of the Beatles
“You’re the greatest drummer in the world. Really.”—Paul McCartney, the day after the band’s infamous rooftop concert at Apple Studios…